Built just south of the new church in 1853 to the design of Fredrik Blom, the original purpose of the building was to train the Navy staff in the complicated handling of the canon sloops and dinghies, the former 20 metre in length and driven by 14 pairs of oars pulled by 54 men, and the latter half in size.
•
In 1955, the National Museum of Fine Arts moved into the building, and three years later the Modern Museum under Pontus Hultén.